The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Hover any Greek or Syriac word for phonetic transliteration.
Six manuscript witness columns span the table; their descent flows into the timeline below.
| Greek Papyri | Alexandrian | Western | Latin | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||
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Earliest Papyri c. 125–250 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vaticanus c. 325 CE · Greek TAGNT | Bezae c. 400 CE · Greek Latin | Vulgate c. 400 CE · Latin Whitaker | Peshitta c. 400–450 CE · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 5th–9th c. · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܡܪ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ειπενP45 · P75 | He said | εἶπεν | He said | ειπεν | | | dixit | ait | He said | ܠܗܘܢ | He said | εἶπεν | He said | |||||
οσP45 · P75 | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | — | | | — | illis | to them; | — | — | αὐτοῖς | to them; | |||||
ανP45 · P75 | Whoever | ὃς | Whoever | ος | | | quicumque | Quicumque | Whoever | ܡܢ | Whoever | Ὃς | Whoever | |||||
δεξηταιP45 · P75 | maybe | ἐὰν | maybe | — | | | acceperit | susceperit | maybe | ܕܡܩܒܠ | maybe | ἐὰν | maybe | |||||
τουτοP45 · P75 | shall receive | δέξηται | shall receive | — | | | — | puerum | shall receive | ܛܠܝܐ | shall receive | δέξηται | shall receive | |||||
τοP45 · P75 | this | τοῦτο | this | — | | | hunc | istum | this | ܐܝܟ | this | τοῦτο | this | |||||
παιδιονP45 · P75 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | — | | | est | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
επιP45 · P75 | child | παιδίον | child | — | | | infantem | in | child | — | — | παιδίον | child | |||||
τωιP45 · P75 | in | ἐπὶ | in | — | | | nomine | nomine | in | ܗܢܐ | in | ἐπὶ | in | |||||
ονοματιP45 · P75 | the | τῷ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
μουP45 · P75 | name | ὀνόματί | name | — | | | meo | meo | name | ܒܫܡܝ | name | ὀνόματί | name | |||||
εμεP45 · P75 | of Me, | μου, | of Me, | — | | | me | me | of Me, | ܠܝ | of Me, | μου | of Me, | |||||
δεχεταιP45 · P75 | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | — | | | accipit | recipit | Me myself | ܗܘ | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | receives; | δέχεται· | receives; | — | | | et | et | receives; | — | — | δέχεται | receives; | |||||
οσP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | qui | quicumque | and | ܡܩܒܠ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ανP45 · P75 | whoever | ὃς | whoever | — | | | me | me | whoever | ܘܡܢ | whoever | ὃς | whoever | |||||
εμεP45 · P75 | maybe | ἂν | maybe | αν | | | — | receperit | maybe | ܕܠܝ | maybe | ἐὰν | maybe | |||||
δεξηταιP45 · P75 | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | — | | | autem | recipit | Me myself | ܡܩܒܠ | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | |||||
δεχεταιP45 · P75 | shall receive, | δέξηται, | shall receive, | δεξηται | | | eum | eum | shall receive, | — | — | δέξηται | shall receive, | |||||
τονP45 · P75 | receives | δέχεται | receives | δεχεται | | | qui | qui | receives | ܡܩܒܠ | receives | δέχεται | receives | |||||
αποστειλανταP45 · P75 | the One | τὸν | the One | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the One | |||||
μεP45 · P75 | having sent | ἀποστείλαντά | having sent | αποστειλαντα | | | in | me | having sent | ܠܡܢ | having sent | ἀποστείλαντά | having sent | |||||
οP45 · P75 | Me. | με. | Me. | με | | | misit | misit | Me. | ܕܫܕܪܢܝ | Me. | με | Me. | |||||
γαρP45 · P75 | The one | ὁ | The one | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | The one | |||||
μεικροτεροσP45 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | uobis | Nam | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
ενP45 · P75 | least | μικρότερος | least | — | | | — | qui | least | — | — | μικρότερος | least | |||||
πασινP45 · P75 | among | ἐν | among | εν | | | minor | minor | among | ܓܝܪ | among | ἐν | among | |||||
υμωνP45 · P75 | all | πᾶσιν | all | πασιν | | | erit | est | all | ܕܙܥܘܪ | all | πᾶσιν | all | |||||
υπαρχωνP45 · P75 | you | ὑμῖν | you | ϋμειν | | | in | inter | you | ܒܟܠܟܘܢ | you | ὑμῖν | you | |||||
ουτοσP45 · P75 | being | ὑπάρχων | being | — | | | — | vos | being | ܗܢܐ | being | ὑπάρχων | being | |||||
εστινP45 · P75 | he | οὗτός | he | ουτος | | | omnibus | omnes | he | — | — | οὗτος | he | |||||
οP45 · P75 | is | ἐστιν | is | — | | | hic | hic | is | ܢܗܘܐ | is | ἔσται | is | |||||
μεγασP45 · P75 | great. | μέγας. | great. | μεγας | | | magnus | major | great. | ܪܒ | great. | μέγας | great. | |||||
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